Chase County Kansas Historical Sketches
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Centennial Farms of Chase County
Family Ownership -100 years
By: Mrs. Wayne Rogler, Wallace Thurston, David Mercer
1857 Land Patent (Stone House 1868) (Remains
Home), William Common Shaft to Mrs. Jane Shaft
and heirs, Mrs. Jesse Shaft Cope, Mrs. Paul B.
(Olive Cope) Wood. Howard C. Wood, at Clements.
1859, Purchased 1859, George Yeager, Frank
Yeager, George Yeager III, at Bazaar.
1859, Claim Right 1860, Homestead 1862-1868,
Charles W. Rogler, Henry William Rogler, at Matfield
Green.
1859, Claim 1860, Homestead 1864-1870, (Stone
House 1871) (Remains Home), David Sauble, John
Sauble, Patrick Sauble, at Cedar Point.
1860, Claim 1860, Honrestead 1867-1872, Pat.
Delvd 1874, John Rogler, James Rogler, Mrs. Adaline Rogler Beedle, at Matfield Green.
1860, Claim 1860, Homestead 1867-1872, Pat.
Delvd 1874, John Rogler, Lawrence Cripner Rogler
to Mrs. Emily Rogler, John E. Rogler, at Matfield
Green.
1866, Purchased a Relinquishment, Erastus B.
Crocker (Military), Edward G. Crocker, H. Mason
Crocker, at Matfield Green.
Schwilling, Joseph A. Schwilling to Mrs. Joseph A.
Schwilling, (Miss Margaret L. Schwilling to Harry
and Miss Etta Schwilling to Miss Etta Schwilling.)
All Children of Joseph A., Prairie Hill Community, at
Cottonwood Falls.
1872, Claim west of Matfield Green, David
Mercer, Alfred Mercer, Alfred Mercer, Homestead
Community, at Cedar Point.
1866, Purchase & Military Grant, Stephen A.
Wood (Military), Clarence Wood, Paul B. Wood to
Mrs. Olive Wood, at Elmdale.
1866, Purchase & Military Grant, Stephen A.
Wood (Military), Miss Carrie E. Wood, Mrs. Constance Thurston Simmons, at Elmdale.
1867, Purchase, John S. Petford, Harry Petford,
John W. Petford, Toledo Township, at Saffordville.
1869, Purchased 1870, Martin D. Umberger,
Harry C. Umberger to Mrs. Harry Umberger, at Hymer.
1870, Purchased Railroad Grant Land, Horatio
Nelson Simmons, Charles L. Simmons, H. Nelson
Simmons and son, Galen Simmons, at Strong City.
1871, Purchases included Military Grant Land
(Stone House 1872) (now a shed), George Drummond,
Andrew Drummond, Andrew Drummond to Mrs. Carrie
Drummond and Andrew H. Drummond, Diamond
Township, at Elmdale.
1871, Filed a claim 1872 (Stone House 1872)
(Now a shed) Frederick Starkey, George Starkey,
Kermit Starkey, Prairie Hill Community, at Cottonwood
Falls.
1872, Purchased by Application, Joseph Schwilling, Joseph A.Schwilling to Mrs. Joseph A. Schwilling, (Miss Margaret L.Schwilling to Harry and Miss Etta Schwilling to Miss Etta Schwilling.) All children of Joseph A. Schwilling, Prairie Hill Community, at Cottonwood Falls.
1872, Claim west of Matfield Green, David Mercer, Alfred Mercer, Alfred Mercer, Homestead Community, at Cedar Point.
Chase County Centennial, 1872 - 1972